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Referee's report by John Henry Poynting, on a paper 'Measurement of ratatory dispersive power in the visible and ultra-violet regions of the spectrum' by N Lowry

Reference number: RR/17/314

Date: November 1908

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Sectional committee: Physics and chemistry

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, would like to get some indication of the accuracy of the readings.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1908].

Endorsed on verso as received 19 October 1908.

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RR/17/314
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November 1908
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John Henry Poynting, Referee's report by John Henry Poynting, on a paper 'Measurement of ratatory dispersive power in the visible and ultra-violet regions of the spectrum' by N Lowry, November 1908, RR/17/314, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_314/referees-report-by-john-henry-poynting-on-a-paper-measurement-of-ratatory-dispersive-power-in-the-visible-and-ultra-violet-regions-of-the-spectrum-by-n-lowry, accessed on 16 November 2025

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